Re: Benson-Steck Through Hike 30th Anniversary: Day 64
I'm not sure the microspikes would help (they're quite small) but a full foot steel crampon with 1" spikes would! I lever my hiking pole in this situation...
rich_rudow 2012-11-09 23:30:18 #71166
Re: Benson-Steck Through Hike 30th Anniversary: Day 64
Dennis
Logic would say that it would. Only one way to find out!
Josh
--- In Grand_Canyon_Hikers@yahoogroups.com, "DennisF" wrote:
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> Anyone care to chime...
JoshC 2012-11-09 18:56:34 #71165
Benson-Steck Through Hike 30th Anniversary: Day 66
[This fall marks the 30th anniversary of the through hike from Lees Ferry to Grand Wash Cliffs, completed by Robert Benson and brothers George and Allen...
Chris Forsyth 2012-11-09 17:15:18 #71164
Hermit to Bright Angel trip report
     I just returned from a four night Hermit to Bright Angel hike. It was a hike I wasn't sure was going to happen until the very last...
Marsha Kesselring 2012-11-09 12:43:08 #71163
Re: Benson-Steck Through Hike 30th Anniversary: Day 64
Anyone care to chime in on whether wearing some Kahtoola microspikes might help in cases like that mentioned by Benson, below? Where it is hard-packed with a...
DennisF 2012-11-09 11:39:27 #71162
Re: Silver Bell Trail and the Three Sisters Natural Bridges - where
Rob -
Here's the answer to the Silver Bell Trail. Follow this series of links:
http://www.allhikers.com
History
Louis Boucher
or if this pasted link goes...
richard2425848 2012-11-09 10:17:25 #71161
Re: a good (but expensive) camp shoe ?
Good idea with the dental floss. I'll have to compare it to my sewing awl. The awl handle does add some weight to the repair kit.
I've been wrapping my...
Scott 2012-11-09 08:20:57 #71160
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